Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1925, Page 82

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. —-GRAVURE SECTION—JANUARY 11, 1925. Few horses have the endurance of the English foxhound. After a 50-mile hunt this Brandywine pack will return to the kennels bright and cheerful, eager for an- other chase. Dogs That Do Not Delight to Bark and Bite Photographis by H. Armstrong Koberts Father and son. French hounds imported by Charles E Mather, who owns the famous Brandywine pack, near West Chester, Pa. The dogs, from the southern part of France, are not as fast as the English hounds and are rather shy The hunter along the skyline on a Winter day. A notable fact about the English hound is that he will not run rabbits and other game of that sort. He chases only the fox. English hound puppies are born with the hunting instinct and require little, if any, training, except that which they derive from running afield with their elders. They are seldom worked with the pack until they are from 18 months to two years old, following which they are in their prime for about two years. “$ L 2 - 3 -2 Ranter, a champion English hound - of America for three years. This dog, Charles E.{ Mather imported a pack of 65 hounds from the like all of those in the Brandywine famous Belvoir Kennels, owned by the Duke of Rutland, at pack, is uniform in color and confor- Grantham, England, in 1890. This original blood has since been mation. maintained. “Please take us for a hunt.” At the kennel gate. Although accustomed to rigorous discipline, the English hound has a very friendly, companionable nature.